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setting default icon to display for specific file types with registry
Something in Windows 10 or another program has created an issue that I cannot find any way to fix. I tried the normal things for setting the default program. Both by using properties on the files as well as using the Windows Default App settings in every combination i can think of.
File types (png, jpg, jpeg) that I have chosen to be opened by the Original Windows PAINT program will only show a generic "image" icon on desktop and in folders. I also noticed that .txt files now only show a blank page with lines instead of the Notepad icon that was always displayed beneath items that have Notepad as the default editor.
However, If i change the image files to use Paint-3d by default, the icon for Paint3D displays. If i change .txt files to use Wordpad by default, the icon for Wordpad displays. It has been this way for the past several weeks at minimum, perhaps longer.
The icon for the program MSPaint still shows the original icon as it should and Notepad also still has its original icon for the program.
I know where to go in the registry to change the icon associated with a file type. When i checked there, Jpeg files are set to use "imageres.dll,-72". Oddly, .png files are set to use ,-83 but on my screen they look identical. Txt files use imageres.dll,-102.
As I have never had to resort to this much trouble to achieve what was once the normal setup, and before I do anything I wondered if this is the "new normal" or if it was caused by something 'malicious'?